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Robotics and Autonomous Systems
January 2020
JUST IN: Defense Department to Stand Up New Counter-Drone Office
The Pentagon will soon stand up a counter-unmanned aerial system office that will be headed by the Army, said the Defense Department’s top weapons buyer Jan. 14. -
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
October 2019
JUST IN: Pentagon Contemplating Role of AI in Missile Defense
By Jon HarperArtificial intelligence is expected to play a critical role in helping the United States counter emerging missile threats, according to experts. -
Missile Defense
August 2019
BREAKING: Pentagon to ‘Fully Pursue’ Development of Previously Banned Missiles
By Jon HarperNow that the United States has withdrawn from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, the Pentagon plans to move forward with a new set of conventional missiles that were previously prohibited by the agreement, according to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. -
Advanced Weapons
August 2019
JUST IN: U.S. Experts Wary of Educating Foreigners About Hypersonics
By Connie LeeUniversities in the United States should be wary about educating students that may use their knowledge to help adversaries such as Russia and China, governments officials and members of academia cautioned. -
Navy News
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Missile Defense
June 2019
PARIS AIR SHOW NEWS: Work Underway to Repurpose Sea-Based Missile Defense System
By Jon HarperThe Standard Missile-6 could once again be repurposed for new applications, an industry executive said June 19. -
Space
April 2019
SPECIAL REPORT: The Pentagon Could Put Directed Energy Weapons in Space
By Jon HarperWhile much attention has been focused on renewed U.S. interest in potentially deploying space-based interceptors, another concept that emerged from President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative in the 1980s is also being reexamined: putting lasers or neutral particle beams in space to shoot down enemy missiles. -
Space
April 2019
SPECIAL REPORT: Would Space-Based Interceptors Spark a New Arms Race?
By Jon HarperThe United States currently faces no legal obstacles to deploying conventional space-based interceptors, also known as SBIs. The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty banned it, but President George W. Bush withdrew from the agreement in 2002. -
Space
April 2019
SPECIAL REPORT: The Legacy of the Strategic Defense Initiative
By Jon HarperIn a nationally televised address to the nation, President Ronald Reagan in 1983 kicked off efforts that would lead to serious work on space-based interceptor technologies. -
Space
April 2019
SPECIAL REPORT: Pentagon Reexamining Space-Based Interceptors
By Jon HarperTwenty-five years after the demise of President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, the Pentagon is once again taking a close look at the possibility of basing missile interceptors in space. Such a project would be technologically feasible, but would strain military budgets and potentially ignite an arms race, analysts say.
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